Objective To construct a prediction model for the population with hypertension and diabetes to assess the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and to provide a scientific basis for formulating targeted CKD prevention and control measures. Methods Based on physical examination data from community residents aged 60 years and above in Nanjing in 2022, 10 221 patients with hypertension and diabetes were selected as the study subjects. Variables associated with CKD prevalence were screened using univariate analysis, and further variable selection was performed using LASSO regression. Finally, a CKD risk prediction model was constructed based on logistic regression. The model's performance was evaluated using the ROC curve and calibration curve. Results The prevalence rate of CKD in the study population was 22.71%, with a mean age of 71.66 years. LASSO regression identified seven variables associated with CKD: age, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), hemoglobin, uric acid, triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index, urine protein-to-creatinine ratio (UPCR), and medical insurance type. The final logistic regression model incorporated six variables: age [OR=1.067 (95% CI: 1.058-1.076)], BUN [OR=1.377 (95% CI: 1.338-1.418)], hemoglobin [OR=0.992 (95% CI: 0.989-0.995)], uric acid [OR=1.004 (95% CI: 1.003-1.004)], TyG index [OR=1.445 (95% CI: 1.324-1.577)], and self-payment medical insurance [OR=1.732 (95% CI: 1.542-1.945)]. The model had an AUC of 0.759 (95% CI: 0.747-0.770) and a Brier score of 0.140 (95% CI: 0.136-0.145), indicating good predictive performance. The calibration curve showed good agreement between the predicted risk and the observed value. Conclusion The constructed LASSO-logistic regression risk prediction model in this study can effectively assess the risk of CKD in elderly individuals aged 60 years and above with hypertension and diabetes, providing a basis for early identification of high-risk individuals and the formulation of targeted CKD prevention and control measures.

Objective To describe and evaluate the clinical studies of postoperative pain sensitization caused by sleep deprivation through the evidence map system,understand the distribution of evidence in this field,and provide reference for subsequent evidence research.Methods A computer-based search of PubMed,EMBASE,Cochrane library,Web of Science,CNKI,Wanfang Data,VIP and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database from inception to August 2023 was conducted to obtain intervent ion studies,observational studies and systematic reviews/Meta-analysis of postoperative pain sensitization caused by sleep deprivation.The research characteristics and methodological quality were analyzed and evaluated.The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews,the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale(NOS)and the AMSTAR-2 scale were used to evaluate the quality of the included studies,and the evidence was comprehensively analyzed and displayed by means of bubble chart,table and text.Results A total of 35 observational studies(31 cohort studies and 4 case-control studies),15 randomized controlled trials and 4 systematic reviews/Meta-analyses were included.The number of publications increased rapidly after 2018 and peaked in 2022,and clinical studies in this field mainly fo-cused on cohort studies,with fewer randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews/Meta-analysis studies.The results of the evidence map showed that in terms of quality,22 studies were'high quality',24 studies were'medium quality',and 8 studies were'low quality'.Thirty studies showed that sleep deprivation could induce postoperative pain sensitization.Only 2 studies suggested that sleep disorders were not significantly asso-ciated with postoperative pain sensitization,and ten studies were uncertain whether sleep deprivation could in-duce postoperative pain sensitization.Conclusions Overall evidence shows that sleep deprivation can induce postoperative pain sensitization,but the evaluation dimensions are limited and the methodological quality of the included literature needs to be improved.More high-quality,large-sample and standardized clinical studies should be carried out in the future to provide better scientific basis for clinical work.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the differential expression of RNA in blood monocytes in patients with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) treated with TNF antagonists (TNFi), and to explore the effect and mechanism of gene expression on the efficacy of JIA. METHODS: A total of 29 children with JIA treated with methotrexate (MTX) and TNFi in Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center of Guangzhou Medical University from April 2021 to November 2023 were enrolled. After 6 months, the children were divided into two groups according to the treatment effect, i.e., 13 cases in the ineffective group and 16 cases in the effective group, the peripheral blood of the children was collected, the blood mononuclear cells were isolated for transcriptome sequencing, the differentially expressed genes between the groups were analyzed, the signaling pathways and metabolic pathways related to the efficacy of TNFi were analyzed by GO and KEGG enrichment, and the mechanism related to the efficacy of TNFi was explored. This study was approved by Medical Ethics Committee of the Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center of Guangzhou Medical University (Ethics No.: 2023-330B00). RESULTS: There was a statistically significant difference in the gender and age distribution between the two groups of children (P < 0.05), while no statistically significant differences were observed in disease duration, rheumatoid antibody levels, or JIA subtypes (P > 0.05). After sequencing data quality control and comparison of reference genomes, a total of 18 523 protein-coding genes were identified in all children's samples. A total of 705 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified between the effective group and the invalid group through differential analysis, of which 579 were up-regulated in the effective group and 126 in the inactive group. GO function and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis showed that DEG was significantly enriched in 55 GO entries and 32 KEGG metabolic pathways, which were mainly related to IL-1β production and regulation, cytokine production and regulation, cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, immune response regulation, and Toll-like receptor signaling pathway. CONCLUSION DEG between the effective and ineffective groups of TNFi treatment may be involved in the biological processes such as cytokine production and regulation, cytokine-receptor interaction, and immune response regulation, which will be helpful to predict the efficacy and prognosis of TNFi treatment for JIA.
Humans ; Arthritis, Juvenile/blood* ; Female ; Male ; Child ; Methotrexate/therapeutic use* ; Child, Preschool ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/antagonists & inhibitors* ; Transcriptome ; Adolescent ; RNA/genetics* ; Signal Transduction ; Gene Expression Profiling

Objective:To explore the relationship between anxiety status and progestogen level in perimenopausal women and their effects on the pathogenesis of uterine fibroid.Methods:A total of 376 perimenopausal women who visited the Department of Gynecology and Neurology of Nanjing Tongren Hospital affiliated School of Medicine of Southeast University from August 2019 to July 2023 were selected as the study subjects.Based on the and divided into two groups according to the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS),they were divided into a non-anxiety group(n=202,SAS score<50)and an anxiety group(n=174,SAS score≥50).Additionally,according to the presence or absence of uterine fibroids,they were categorized into a non-uterine fibroid group(n=225)and a uterine fibroid group(n=151).The t test or x2 test was used to compare general demographic and clinical data between the non-uterine fibroid group and the uterine fibroid group.Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the correlation between anxiety status,progesterone level,and uterine fibroid risk in perimenopausal women.The bootstrap method was used to analyze whether progesterone level mediate the relationship between anxiety status and uterine fibroid risk.Results:Comparison of baseline data between the non-uterine fibroid group and the uterine fibroid group showed that previous caesarean section,number of abortions,hemoglobin level,neutrophil count,lymphocyte count,and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio(NLR)were not associated with the incidence of uterine fibroid(all P>0.05).In contrast,menstrual period,menstrual cycle,progesterone level,and SAS score were significantly associated with the incidence of uterine fibroid(all P<0.05).Analysis of the effects of different clinical features on the risk of uterine fibroid showed that age,chronic diseases history,and dysmenorrhea history were all significantly associated with the incidence of uterine fibroid in perimenopausal women(all P<0.05).Further,univariate logistic regression analysis showed that age≥55 years,chronic diseases,and dysmenorrhea were significant risk factors for uterine fibroid in perimenopausal women(all P<0.05).These seven significant risk factors(menstrual period,menstrual cycle,progesterone level,SAS score,age,chronic disease history,and dysmenorrhea history)were included in a multivariate logistic regression analysis,which identified SAS score and progesterone level as independent risk factors for uterine fibroid in perimenopausal women.Specifically,SAS score was positively correlated with uterine fibroid risk,while progesterone level was negatively correlated with the risk.Restriction cubic spline analysis showed a nonlinear quantitative response relationship between continuously changing progesterone level and the risk of uterine fibroid(x2=12.315,P<0.001),when progesterone level was≤2.00 ng/mL,the risk of uterine fibroid decreased with the increase of progesterone level(HR=1.014,95%CI:1.006-1.012,P<0.001),and when progesterone level was>2.00 ng/mL,the risk of uterine fibroid stabilized with further increases in progesterone level(HR=1.003,95%CI:0.998-1.002,P=0.001).After further adjusting for a variety of related confounding factors affecting the incidence of uterine fibroid in perimenopausal women,it was found that SAS score was an independent risk factor for predicting the incidence of uterine fibroid in perimenopausal women.Mediation effect analysis revealed that SAS score had a direct effect on the incidence of uterine fibroid(β1=0.202,95%CI:0.124-0.216),and progesterone level partially mediated the effect of SAS score on uterine fibroid risk(β2=0.196,95%CI:0.152-0.207).The total effect value was βtotal=0.398,and the mediating effect accounted for 49.25%of the total effect.Conclusion:There was an independent correlation between anxiety status and progestogen level in perimenopausal women,anxiety status was a risk factor for the development of uterine fibroids,while progestogen levelwas a protective factor.

Objective:To evaluate the differential expression of RNA in blood monocytes in patients with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) treated with TNF antagonists (TNFi), and to explore the effect and mechanism of gene expression on the efficacy of JIA.Methods:A total of 29 children with JIA treated with methotrexate (MTX) and TNFi in Guangzhou Women and Children′s Medical Center of Guangzhou Medical University from April 2021 to November 2023 were enrolled. After 6 months, the children were divided into two groups according to the treatment effect, 13 cases in the ineffective group and 16 cases in the effective group, the peripheral blood of the children was collected, the blood mononuclear cells were isolated for transcriptome sequencing, the differentially expressed genes between the groups were analyzed, the signaling pathways and metabolic pathways related to the efficacy of TNFi were analyzed by GO and KEGG enrichment, and the mechanism related to the efficacy of TNFi was explored. This study was approved by Medical Ethics Committee of the Guangzhou Women and Children′s Medical Center of Guangzhou Medical University (Ethics No.: 2023-330B00).Results:There was a statistically significant difference in the gender and age distribution between the two groups of children ( P<0.05), while no statistically significant differences were observed in disease duration, rheumatoid antibody levels, or JIA subtypes ( P> 0.05). After sequencing data quality control and comparison of reference genomes, a total of 18 523 protein-coding genes were identified in all children′s samples. A total of 705 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified between the effective group and the invalid group through differential analysis, of which 579 were up-regulated in the effective group and 126 in the inactive group. GO function and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis showed that DEG was significantly enriched in 55 GO entries and 32 KEGG metabolic pathways, which were mainly related to IL-1β; production and regulation, cytokine production and regulation, cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, immune response regulation, and Toll-like receptor signaling pathway. Conclusion:DEG between the effective and ineffective groups of TNFi treatment may be involved in the biological processes such as cytokine production and regulation, cytokine-receptor interaction, and immune response regulation, which will be helpful to predict the efficacy and prognosis of TNFi treatment for JIA.

Objective:To explore the relationship between anxiety status and progestogen level in perimenopausal women and their effects on the pathogenesis of uterine fibroid.Methods:A total of 376 perimenopausal women who visited the Department of Gynecology and Neurology of Nanjing Tongren Hospital affiliated School of Medicine of Southeast University from August 2019 to July 2023 were selected as the study subjects.Based on the and divided into two groups according to the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS),they were divided into a non-anxiety group(n=202,SAS score<50)and an anxiety group(n=174,SAS score≥50).Additionally,according to the presence or absence of uterine fibroids,they were categorized into a non-uterine fibroid group(n=225)and a uterine fibroid group(n=151).The t test or x2 test was used to compare general demographic and clinical data between the non-uterine fibroid group and the uterine fibroid group.Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the correlation between anxiety status,progesterone level,and uterine fibroid risk in perimenopausal women.The bootstrap method was used to analyze whether progesterone level mediate the relationship between anxiety status and uterine fibroid risk.Results:Comparison of baseline data between the non-uterine fibroid group and the uterine fibroid group showed that previous caesarean section,number of abortions,hemoglobin level,neutrophil count,lymphocyte count,and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio(NLR)were not associated with the incidence of uterine fibroid(all P>0.05).In contrast,menstrual period,menstrual cycle,progesterone level,and SAS score were significantly associated with the incidence of uterine fibroid(all P<0.05).Analysis of the effects of different clinical features on the risk of uterine fibroid showed that age,chronic diseases history,and dysmenorrhea history were all significantly associated with the incidence of uterine fibroid in perimenopausal women(all P<0.05).Further,univariate logistic regression analysis showed that age≥55 years,chronic diseases,and dysmenorrhea were significant risk factors for uterine fibroid in perimenopausal women(all P<0.05).These seven significant risk factors(menstrual period,menstrual cycle,progesterone level,SAS score,age,chronic disease history,and dysmenorrhea history)were included in a multivariate logistic regression analysis,which identified SAS score and progesterone level as independent risk factors for uterine fibroid in perimenopausal women.Specifically,SAS score was positively correlated with uterine fibroid risk,while progesterone level was negatively correlated with the risk.Restriction cubic spline analysis showed a nonlinear quantitative response relationship between continuously changing progesterone level and the risk of uterine fibroid(x2=12.315,P<0.001),when progesterone level was≤2.00 ng/mL,the risk of uterine fibroid decreased with the increase of progesterone level(HR=1.014,95%CI:1.006-1.012,P<0.001),and when progesterone level was>2.00 ng/mL,the risk of uterine fibroid stabilized with further increases in progesterone level(HR=1.003,95%CI:0.998-1.002,P=0.001).After further adjusting for a variety of related confounding factors affecting the incidence of uterine fibroid in perimenopausal women,it was found that SAS score was an independent risk factor for predicting the incidence of uterine fibroid in perimenopausal women.Mediation effect analysis revealed that SAS score had a direct effect on the incidence of uterine fibroid(β1=0.202,95%CI:0.124-0.216),and progesterone level partially mediated the effect of SAS score on uterine fibroid risk(β2=0.196,95%CI:0.152-0.207).The total effect value was βtotal=0.398,and the mediating effect accounted for 49.25%of the total effect.Conclusion:There was an independent correlation between anxiety status and progestogen level in perimenopausal women,anxiety status was a risk factor for the development of uterine fibroids,while progestogen levelwas a protective factor.

Objective:To evaluate the differential expression of RNA in blood monocytes in patients with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) treated with TNF antagonists (TNFi), and to explore the effect and mechanism of gene expression on the efficacy of JIA.Methods:A total of 29 children with JIA treated with methotrexate (MTX) and TNFi in Guangzhou Women and Children′s Medical Center of Guangzhou Medical University from April 2021 to November 2023 were enrolled. After 6 months, the children were divided into two groups according to the treatment effect, 13 cases in the ineffective group and 16 cases in the effective group, the peripheral blood of the children was collected, the blood mononuclear cells were isolated for transcriptome sequencing, the differentially expressed genes between the groups were analyzed, the signaling pathways and metabolic pathways related to the efficacy of TNFi were analyzed by GO and KEGG enrichment, and the mechanism related to the efficacy of TNFi was explored. This study was approved by Medical Ethics Committee of the Guangzhou Women and Children′s Medical Center of Guangzhou Medical University (Ethics No.: 2023-330B00).Results:There was a statistically significant difference in the gender and age distribution between the two groups of children ( P<0.05), while no statistically significant differences were observed in disease duration, rheumatoid antibody levels, or JIA subtypes ( P> 0.05). After sequencing data quality control and comparison of reference genomes, a total of 18 523 protein-coding genes were identified in all children′s samples. A total of 705 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified between the effective group and the invalid group through differential analysis, of which 579 were up-regulated in the effective group and 126 in the inactive group. GO function and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis showed that DEG was significantly enriched in 55 GO entries and 32 KEGG metabolic pathways, which were mainly related to IL-1β; production and regulation, cytokine production and regulation, cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, immune response regulation, and Toll-like receptor signaling pathway. Conclusion:DEG between the effective and ineffective groups of TNFi treatment may be involved in the biological processes such as cytokine production and regulation, cytokine-receptor interaction, and immune response regulation, which will be helpful to predict the efficacy and prognosis of TNFi treatment for JIA.

African swine fever virus(ASFV)I177L gene deletion vaccine is one of the key directions of African swine fever(ASF)live attenuated vaccine research and development.In order to effec-tively distinguish between the wild-type ASFV strain and the I177L gene-deleted strain,specific primers and probes were designed based on ASFV B646L and I177L genes,respectively.After screening and optimization,a duplex real-time PCR method was developed that can simultaneously detect these two genes.The results showed that ASFV B646L and I177L genes were detected spe-cifically and simultaneously by the method developed without cross-reactions with porcine circovir-us type 2,Seneca virus A,classical swine fever virus,foot-and-mouth disease virus,porcine respira-tory and reproductive syndrome virus.The detection limits of the duplex real-time PCR for recom-binant plasmids pUC57-B646L and pUC57-I177L were 1×103 copies/mL.The intra-and inter-as-say coefficients of variation were less than 4％,respectively.Detection of 122 pork and pork prod-ucts using the duplex real-time PCR developed and the real-time PCR recommended by WOAH showed that the coincidence rates of the two methods for B646L gene detection was 100％with two amplification curves appeared in the positive results of the established methods.The method established in this study can be used for the detection of ASFV I177L gene deletion strains,which provides technical support for ASF surveillance and epidemiological investigation.

Objective:To analyze the clinical phenotypic characteristics and therapeutic effect of cutaneous anthrax patients in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (referred to as Ningxia).Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted on the medical records of 76 confirmed patients with cutaneous anthrax in three prefecture level hospitals in Ningxia from 2017 to 2022. According to the length of hospital treatment, the patients were divided into a disease course ≥7 d group ( n = 54) and a disease course < 7 d group ( n = 22), and the clinical phenotypic characteristics (including patients' general condition, clinical symptoms, and laboratory tests) and therapeutic effects (the effect of hormone use and the choice of antibiotics) of the two groups were analyzed by methods such as χ 2 test. Results:Among 76 patients with cutaneous anthrax, males accounted for 81.6% (62/76) and females accounted for 18.4% (14/76), with a statistically significant difference in gender composition ratio (χ 2 = 5.71, P = 0.017). Among the 76 patients, 73 caces (96.1%) achieved clinical cure. There was no statistically significant differences between the groups in clinical characteristics such as temperature, pain, pruritus, edema, and site of onset ( P > 0.05). There were no statistically significant differences between groups in laboratory tests such as blood routine, liver function, hypersensitive C-reactive protein, secretion culture, PCR, etc. ( P > 0.05). There was a statistically significant difference in the distribution of edema resolution time between patients using hormone or not (χ 2 = 17.01, P = 0.002). There was no statistically significant difference in the distribution of disease course between different antibiotic treatment regimens when using hormone (χ 2 = 5.43, P = 0.143). There was a statistically significant difference in the distribution of disease course between different antibiotic treatment regimens when no using hormone (χ 2 = 108.46, P < 0.001). Conclusions:The majority of cutaneous anthrax patients in Ningxia from 2017 to 2022 are males. Early use of hormones can affect the duration of edema in patients. For patients who have not received hormone therapy, different treatment plans can affect the patient's course of disease.

To describe and evaluate the clinical studies of postoperative pain sensitization caused by sleep deprivation through the evidence map system, understand the distribution of evidence in this field, and provide reference for subsequent evidence research.